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Lesotho vs Malawi: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Lesotho
0.1%
in 2020
Malawi
0.1%
in 2020
Lesotho rank
154th
Malawi rank
157th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
0.040.060.080.10.12198520022020

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Malawi, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 154th and Malawi ranks 157th of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Armed forces personnel as a share of total population
Unit
%
Source
The Military Balance - International Institute for Strategic Studies, via World Bank (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
173 places, 5,352 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if their training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.